Well, I may have been number two on Goodreads, but the Book of the Month Club has declared All the Ugly and Wonderful Things Book of the Year! This is really amazing, because this is the first time in their 90-year history that they’ve awarded a Book of the Year. They even have an adorable name for the award: The Lolly. (Named after their first Book of the Month Club selection, Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner. Fun fact: fellow Kansas William Allen White was on that first panel of judges who selected Lolly Willowes for the Book of the Month Club.) The Book of the Year even got a write-up in Parade Magazine!
To celebrate being Book of the Year, I’m going to be taking over the Book of the Month Club’s Twitter feed tomorrow, January 4th. It should be fun.
Also coming up is a live Q&A with me on Facebook. If you’ve read All the Ugly and Wonderful Things and would like a chance to discuss it with other readers and ask questions of the author, that’s what we’ll be doing on Tuesday, January 17th, 7:30-9:30 pm (CST). For more information on the Q&A, just visit the official event page on Facebook.
Bryn Greenwood 
Amazing! Congrats!!
Thanks!
What fabulous news! That’s outstanding – as are you and your book!
Perhaps even out standing in my field. 😉
Like a good rural Midwesterner!
The judge’s write-up is most excellent. Yay!
Hoh-Lee Mackerel! What amazing news. I grew up reading Book of the Month Club selections. My parents were members. Where can I find their write-up? Did the McAfee book arrive? I went off to New York with it on my desk, because I didn’t get a chance to go to the PO for the postage on it until I got back. I left a day early because of weather, and then got caught in that surprise ice storm. You probably read of it on Dora’s FB page.
Click on the photo above to get to Book of the Month Club page. Then click on the “see the nominees” and then the image of ATUWT. At least that’s how I found the write-up. 🙂
Thanks, I found it by stumbling around.
Yes, it came in the mail today. Thank you!
They liked my comment? Where did you see that?
I am so so so happy for you!!! You deserve every bit of this! 😀 😀 😀
Thanks, Larui!!!